List of people from Olympia, Washington
The following is a list of famous Olympians, those people of note who have lived in or around Olympia, Washington:
- Christopher Baldwin – cartoonist
- Laird Barron - author
- Lynda Barry – cartoonist (Ernie Pook's Comeek)
- Craig Bartlett – cartoonist/animator
- Shoshana Bean – Broadway actress
- Daniel Bigelow - Pioneer legislator and abolitionist.
- Josh Blue – comedian
- Carrie Brownstein – guitarist/singer (Sleater-Kinney)
- Mark Bruener – tight end, Houston Texans
- Charles Burns – cartoonist
- Robert Eugene Bush – Medal of Honor awardee
- Dylan Carlson – guitarist and lead vocalist of Earth
- Shin-Soo Choo – professional baseball outfielder currently playing for the Cleveland Indians
- Bruce P. Crandall - Medal of Honor winner
- Gretchen Christopher – singer for The Fleetwoods
- Kurt Cobain – guitarist/singer, Nirvana
- Stephanie Coontz – writer, academic and professor at Evergreen State College
- Derrike Cope – Nascar driver
- Rachel Corrie – Palestinian solidarity activist
- Kimya Dawson – singer/songwriter
- Beth Ditto – vocalist (The Gossip)
- Ryann Donnelly – vocalist (Schoolyard Heroes)
- Barbara Ellis – singer for The Fleetwoods
- Dana Eveland - MLB player for the Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Oakland Athletics
- Adam Fletcher – director, Freechild Project
- Matt Groening – creator of The Simpsons and Life in Hell
- Kathleen Hanna – musician (vocalist), Bikini Kill and Le Tigre
- Dustin Hunter - artist, musician, internet personality
- Mark Hosler – musician (Negativland)
- Geoff Jenkins – outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Calvin Johnson – founder of K Records, singer in Beat Happening and Dub Narcotic Sound System
- Ricky Lee Jones – singer-songwriter
- Phoebe Judson – founder of Lynden, Washington
- Kasey Kahne – NASCAR driver
- Conrad Keely – vocalist/guitarist (…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead)
- Kasey Keller – Soccer goal keeper
- Brian Kendrick – SmackDown! wrestler
- Peter Kennedy - figure skater
- Travis Lee – first baseman, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Justin Leone – third baseman, San Diego Padres
- Gary Locke – former Governor of the State of Washington
- Courtney Love – singer/writer/guitarist; widow of Nirvana member/former Olympia resident Kurt Cobain.
- Jim Lynch – author of The Highest Tide
- Nellie McKay – actress, singer/songwriter
- Mirah – singer/songwriter, released on K Records
- Jeff Monson – mixed martial arts fighter and anarchist
- Slim Moon – founder of Kill Rock Stars record label
- Krist Novoselic – bass player for Nirvana
- Joy Osmanski - Actress who co-starred on The Loop
- Bruce Pavitt – founder of Sub Pop Records
- Michael Richards – played Kramer on Seinfeld
- Travis Shook – jazz pianist
- Jared Sandberg – third baseman, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Chief Seattle – chief of the Suquamish
- Mike Sellers – Washington Redskins
- Isaac Stevens – first Governor of Washington Territory, American Civil War general
- Jerramy Stevens – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Jonathan Stewart – running back for the Carolina Panthers
- Cappy Thompson – glass artist/painter
- Corin Tucker – guitarist/singer for Sleater-Kinney
- Tobi Vail – musician for Bikini Kill and The Frumpies
- James Yee - Army Muslim chaplain stationed at Ft. Lewis assigned to Guantanamo Bay who would later be detained by the U.S. military for 76 days on suspicion for espionage.
- J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner – forensic psychologist/TV personality
- Jared Warren – bassist, singer Big Business, The Melvins, formerly of Karp
- Lt. Ehren Watada-Army officer who disobeyed orders to be deployed to Iraq after protesting that it was "an illegal war".
- Janet Weiss – drummer (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
- Kathi Wilcox – musician (Bikini Kill, The Casual Dots)
- Allison Wolfe – lead singer for Bratmobile and Partyline
- Tori Black – pornstar
- Sky Cosby - Bookseller, founder of Last Word Books, founder of Last Earth Distro, IT Director of Earthlight Books
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